Most of you know about our flooding issues at this house, a result of a completely dysfunctional storm drain. The water from several neighbors, including across the street, gets pumped to our yard--and then just sits there. Well, it happened again last night and we finally took pictures. John is out with the shovel because we had to reinforce the earthen dam that keeps the water from covering our front steps, and pools it so that our improvised sump pump can take it across the driveway (where it drains down the backyard). I know, you're saying, wasn't the City supposed to take care of that? Hasn't this been going on since February? We're still waiting...
This first picture is from our front door, you can see part of the dam, the pump, and our CRV "swimming." Pretty much anywhere it's shiny, imagine flooding.
This second picture is out by the road and our mailbox. Believe it or not, there is actually a storm drain beneath that water. Well, calling it a drain may be a bit of an exaggeration at this point....
This is the view from near the road looking back toward the house. Notice how deep the water is! Also, you may note something funny on the roof above our front door. Well, last week we had really high winds one night and the metal porch awning blew up backward on the the roof.
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